ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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to sick animals, wliicli car 

 what must seem to tlicm ill usage. 



Agaiu, there is every reasou why they should get their 

 medicine in the way that will cause the least disturbance of 

 their feelings, ami witlmut that excitement which may 

 follow a struggle to give medicine. Small pills, gelatin- 

 coated, or sugar-coated, sweet lozenges, tablets or gelatin 

 capsules, carefully concealed in an iniiocent-l(K)king banana, 

 may be administered to an unsuspecting ape, without the 

 slightest trouble. Occasionally, however, he may suspect, 

 and great is your dismay at seeing him minutely pull the 

 banana apart, find the offending pill, test it with his teeth, 

 smell of it, and finally, with a wry face, cast it through the 

 bars of the cage at his keeper. 



The nursing of sick animals is of the greatest import- 

 ance. 'I"he essentials are pure air, sunlight, cleanliness 

 and warmth, nourishing and sustaining diet. During con- 

 valescence, all kinds of food may be offered to tempt the 

 appetite, first one thing and then another; but no food 

 should be allowed to remain before the animal, because the 

 very fact of its being constantly present will cause him to 

 loathe it. 



When an animal has no appetite, the stomach is not in a 

 proper state to digest food — consequently, if forced upon 

 liini. it will cause indigestion and aggravate the case. 



PUBLICATIONS 



FIRST ANNUAL REPORT Paper, 40 cents 



SECOND '■ " ... P.-iper, 75 cents. Cloth, $1.00 



THIRD ■' " ..." 40 " •■ 0.60 



FOURTH " " ..." 40 " " 0.60 



FIFTH " " ..." 7s " " i.oo 



SIXTH " " ..." 75 " " I..X) 



SEVENTH " " ..." $1.00 " " 1.25 



NOTES ON THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP OF NORTH 



AMERICA. I'Hornadayj Paper, 40 cents 



DESTRUCTION OF OUR BIRDS AND MAMMALS. 



(Homadayl 15 cents 



THE CARIBOU. (Griint) Paper, 40 " 



VIEWS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Size 5x7. 20 



illustrations 25 " 



POST CARDS. Various subjects Two cards, 5 " 



BULLETIN No. I, 50 " 



BULLETIN Nos. 2, 3, and 4 10 " 



BULLETIN No. 5 15 " 



BULLETIN No. 6, 15 " 



BULLETIN No. 7, 15 " 



BULLETIN No. 8 .5 " 



BULLETIN No. o 15 " 



BULLETIN No. '10 15 " 



BULLETIN No. II, 15 " 



The publications are lor sale at the Office 0/ the Society, ti iV,dl 

 Street. The Zoological Park, and The Ne^v York Aquarium. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



Admission to the Park. — On all holidays and on Sunday, Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday admission to the Zoological Park is 

 free. 



On every Monday aihl I inn -l.i v ~,(\ 1 u luti either of these days falls 

 on a holitiay, onlymt-rnl - r 1 1, i\ , .ml pi-rsons holding tickets 



from the Society, are .lilt n ! 1 \ii > tlitrs pay twenty-five cents 



for e.ach adult, and filtcuu -jui lui l,i>-1i lIiIIJ under twelve years of 

 age. Tickets are sold only at the entrances. 



Admission to the Aquarium is confined to members on Monday and 

 Thursday from 10 A. M. to 12 m. At all other times it is open to the 

 public. 



OfENiNG AND Closing. — From May ist to November ist the en- 

 trance-gates will be opened at A. M. and closed half an hour before 

 sunset. From November ist to May rst, the gates will open at lo A. M. 



BicvcLES must be checked 

 not called for half an hour before sun 

 lowing day, 



Restaurant.— At the Rocking St 



Restaurant meals are served 

 he chisine hour. The North 

 i[ii< I. ...unter, where all kinds 



. HIMl'ANZEK, 



NOTES. 



,'\ wild Great Blue Heron has been captured in 

 the Ducks' Aviary. This specimen is one of a 

 number which have been flying about the Park, 

 and perching on the Flying Cage. 



English Starlings are increasing in the Park at 

 a rapid rate. Early in the inorning they may be 

 seen in great numbers perching on the fences in 

 flocks which rival in size those of the English 

 sparrow, and it is the opinion of Mr. Beebe that 

 they will ultimately become as great a nuisance 

 as that bird. 



The Gray Squirrels which seemed so thorough- 

 ly at home last year in the Park, have almost 

 disappeared from places where they were once 

 fairly numerous. This is due to a general migra- 

 tion, and subsequent slaughter by the "pot hunt- 

 ers." Late in the fall of 1902 the squirrels crossed 

 the Bronx River and were killed by vicious boys 

 and men. Several persons were observed carry- 

 ing bags of as many as ten squirrels, but unfor- 

 tunately it was impossible to secure their arrest. 



.\fter long waiting, the Zoological Park has ac- 

 quired — not a fossil Mastodon gigantcus, but a fine, 

 new, very-much-alive steatn roller, which has been 

 christened the Mastodon. Henceforth the walks 

 in the Park shall be smooth, and agreeable to the 

 feet of visitors. All new walks and corrals of 

 macadam will receive a far better finish than we 

 have heretofore been able to give them; for five- 

 ton rollers like ours have not been available, and 

 ten-ton rollers are too heavy for our work. Our 

 "Mastodon's" work is cut out for a long distance 

 into the future. 



The Society has added to its list of publications 

 a beautiful booklet, entitled "Views in the New 

 York Zoological Park," comprising scenes within 



